Ok folks, we’ve got some choral music on this week.
Here is the first round of clues:
1) The text is in English, so that eliminates all of continental Europe as a possible source except for Gibraltar.
2) The composer failed his BA exam three times but in the end was awarded seven honourary doctorates.
Molly @WonderlandK on XKCD: Every Major’s Terrible
Yassha on Jackie Evancho
Tina on Update: Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
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Proms from the arena, London
Proms from the arena, London
Finished pointe shoes at Freed, London
Drums at Innuksuit, Park Avenue Armory, New York
Church of our Lady, Guelph
Royal Albert Hall, London
Hyde Park at dusk, London
All over rural Ontario
Ostbahnhoff, Berlin
Waterloo Bridge, London
V&A London
Toy Soldiers at the V&A, London
Lost
The Eye & The Sky, London
Southern Cemetery, Manchester
Glyndebourne Picnic
Midland Hotel, Manchester
The Deansgate, Manchester
The Fourth Plinth